good morning. i'm seth doane. and i'm rebecca jarvis. here are some of the stories we'll be looking at on "cbs this morning saturday." with three days left will the two parties come together to beat the clock? >> yet another strong storm coming through. we'll find out how bad it will be and what it could mean for holiday travel. the strange but true tale of man who woke up one day and had

no idea who he is. he's now the subject of a critically acclaimed documentary and he joins us to tell his story. and it's not a bird or a plane. it's the latest version of "superman," one of the blockbuster movies due out in the new year. all that and so much and more on "cbs this morning saturday" on this saturday, december 29, 2012. captioning funded by cbs welcome to the weekend. this is the final weekend of 2013. >> exciting stuff, right? >> exciting to have you here with us. >> glad to be here. >> i said 2013 because i'm preparing for the new year so everybody knows. >> in for anthony mason. >> it's nice to have you with us for our new year's treat. >> thank you very much for having me. >> we also have another new year's treat for all of you this morning.

>> yes. one of the world's great chefs david buis here in studio 57. duck with a little lobster and oysters on the side. and, of course there's champagne. >> and i haven't had any of it even though i said 2013. >> some champagne would be nice in one of the cups sniet would be nice. that is our top story, the looming fiscal cliff and what appears to be a new sense of optimism about finding a path around it. there isn't much time. just three days for the president and congressional republicans to find common ground on taxes and spending. for the latest let's go to chief correspondent at the white house major garrett. good morning. >> good morning, rebecca. president obama met with the four top leaders yesterday. he met for just over an hour. now, earlier in the fiscal cliff talks, meetings like this had

tended to be tense and nonproductive but this meeting gave rise to hopes of a last-minute deal. for the first time in weeks president obama reported genuine progress to averting some part of the so-called fiscal cliff. >> i'm modestly in agreement we'll achieve. >> they're now chasing a much smaller deal than originally sought. the final product if there is one will not include trillions in debt reduction or federal spending or tax code reform. it won't even include across the board spending cuts. it will focus on tax rates and a few spending items. >> that's the bearare minimum we should be able to get done. >> sidelined for now. house speaker john boehner. as they left they sounded like they were closing in on a

compromise. >> think it was a very positive meeting. there was not a lot of hilarity in the meeting. everyone knows how important it is. >> we'll be working hard to try to see if we can get there in the next 24 hours, and so i'm hopeful and optimistic. >> the president said the american public is getting frustrated and losing patience with these last-minute negotiations. he says the least congress can do is protect most american tax pairs from rising tax rates due to take effect in the next couple of days. the least, it appears, rebecca, appears to be the most they can do. >> thank you. we'll check back later in the program. for more on how we got into this situation and what happens if nothing happens. michael santoly, it's great to have both of you with us.

where does this stand right now? >> right now they're negotiating and things are being worked out behind closed doors by the top leaders in the house and senate and the white house, but particularly on the senate side right now and the question is can the senate leaders get together and come up with a plan that can pass through the senate that will at least give us a band-aid to prevent all these fiscal cliff measures from kicking in. but then after that can it pass the house of representatives and will speaker john boehner be able to find a way to get it through that might require actually mostly democratic votes which will leave republicans very unhappy with him. you'll have a couple of needles to thread here. it's still in my view a long shot. you've got to get the senate plan figured out and get it through the house. even then it's probably just a band-aid solution. >> how much more likely is the senate able to strike a deal here? >> i think the senate is a little more likely. in recent history the senate has been in place where there's more compromise, less divided for

reasons that are structural. again, the question people need to ask themselves rngs if they hear good news they've reached a deal, an understanding. in particular, is john boehner going to be willing to let it go through the house which could put john boehner's speakership in peril. will boehner fall on his sword to prevent us from going over the cliff. >> it strikes me that they say we have a deal compared to three weeks ago. it looks like something that will be pared down at this the point keep us from going over the cliff. >> again, band aid solution. the plan they're talking about right now, the proposal would postpone a lot of the spending cuts. it means we'll do it all over again as the debt limit approaches maybe sometime in february somewhere down the road. i think they're trying to prevent the freak-out we'll see in the market and a lot of confused american taxpayers on

january 2nd. so it's a punt. very typical of washington. >> speaking of the markets, you've seen them become so reactionary to any statement out of washington on this. and i wonder from your view, is it worse to go over the cliffs for the market or to have a pared down deal that the marnlts don't like. >> they probably have some kind of deal that probably spares the majority of middle-class americans and tax cuts that prevents this sort of chaotic automatic spending cuts and things like that but think in general the markets have lost their patience with the process. i think a failure to come to a deal would be a reminder of what as seen on paper seems obvious. even that is not likely. so i think a small deal is better than no deal, but, you know, as mike said we're heading for another fight just like last summer the summer of 2011 when the debt ceiling was kind of held hostage to this process. >> which industries are really affected? who's going to be hit by this?

>> the spending cuts kind of hit all at once. it's probably the defense that's probably the number one industry that gets hit but there's all kinds of unintended and unexplored areas that get affected. for instance what happens to the food prices. it's not part of the fiscal cliff package but there's a farm subsidy bill that expires and you have to find your way around that. it's more about the automatic tax increase on everybody that really would kick in. withholding levels go up paychecks get smaller and that creates some kind of a maybe spiral of hesitancy or a little bit of a new conservatism in spending. >> there's also the debt ceiling portion of all of this. you know we've talked about this before. we hit the debt ceiling december 31st. secretary treasurer tim geithner says he can move some money around but that's going to be the big one. >> at some point that limit will

be increased. the question is how long will that limit be increased for? will we be back on the treadmill of several months of a stalemate before you have to refight this battle again? i thing that's what everyone's become weary of. a small package is good because the economy is better. the debt ceiling has gotten smaller three years in a row with them doing nothing because the economy is doing better. >> how much does this really affect the average joe? we know down the road it certainly could, but how much does it impact consumer confidence or how muss is it big, big businesses? >> the noisy debate sets it a lot. people are paying attention to all this. and i think it gets bound up with general economic anxiety and the idea that government has too much debt and the government can't get too much done. i don't think that's decisive of how the economy performs but it's definitely something that's

going to weigh on people. if taxes go up across the board on virtually everything then smaller take-home pay does impact. >> it hurts. >> thank you so much to both of you. we look forward to seeing both of you later in the new year. >> yes. coming up later we'll have some important tips for avoiding your own personal fiscal cliff in 2013. now, just a couple of days after the east coast endure add powerful storm another one is about to hit, bringing even more snow and rain and all of those problems that come with that. here this morning with more on that is jeff berardelli meteorologist at our station in miami. good morning to you, jeff. >> good morning to you seth and good morning to you, everybody. you know this is turning out to be a pretty significant system. we've already had three inches of snow in parts of kentucky. it's moving east into central pennsylvania as well in fact. as we zoom into the radar you

see heavy snow. into the southern tier of new york moving into buffalo. what's going to happen with this system is the main low is going to transfer its energy to the coast and that is going to become the primary storm that's going to rise up the eastern seaboard and probably pretty significant places below. but even the major i-95 cities like new york, philly and boston will see significant snow from this. >> what happens here? how much worse is it here than in the rest of the country? >> well, you know, this storm was fairly weak before nowhere near as strong as the last one was. this is finally getting its act together. >> get our shovels and boots out? that's the idea? >> yeah. and as far as the snowfall totals we're expecting to see, probably the major cities could get in on the action. that's how different it was from the last system. so new york city three, four, five inches of snow not out of

the question. upstate new york especially where it's a little colder, but as we head toward southeastern new england, that's where the real bull's eye could be. some places could pick up a foot of snow. that's going to cause travel headaches today and later tomorrow. >> jeff berardelli. thanks so much jeff. bad weather, higher fares, more fees fewer flights. it just sounds great, doesn't it? well, as you just heard, there's more bad winter weather on the way, but the disruptions actually could be worse. let's get more from travel news editor peter greenberg. good morning. >> you're right. it could have been much much worse, but things have changed. >> why? >> well let me start with the bad news. airlines are canceling more flights than ever before but here's the good thing. you get the luxury of being disappointed earlier. but it's a much better deal. they're moving their assets moving their aircraft out of

harm's way and getting them in better position. in the past when you cancel a flight they wait till the last minute they're hoping against hope they're going to be able to take off. what do you have? your crew's out of position and you can't get back on track. by canceling flights it's better for everybody. >> it's nice not to see people sleeping on chairs in airports. >> thank god. that's what you don't want to do. why would you go to the airport when they knew four hours earlier they weren't going to be able to get to pittsburgh or new york or anywhere else. >> when you're at home it's one thing to get a twig ore text message and you need to stay home. but if you're on vacation or need to get back to work this is not some great deal. >> remember as long as they cancel earlier you have more options. there's a reason they're canceling earlier these days.

it's called money. it's not a case of repositioning the planes. it's called consequences. in the old days they would delay a flight delay a flierkts delay a flight three, four five hours. we know about the tarmac rule which says if you don't get back to the gate you're liable to be fined per passenger. let's do the math. on a 737, we're talking millions of dollar. the airlines screamed don't do this. in the last year, you now how many planes have been delayed by more than three hours that never got back to the gate? four. you know what? that's not bad. that's really not bad. >> what penalties do the airlines face? >> that $27,000 fine per passenger. do the math. they don't want to play the game. you don't want to sit on the plane for three hours only to find out you're going to sit out another two. >> how big does social media play into this?

>> it's big. a lot of the e-mail alerts okay, but now they're using facebook they're using twitter, and they're also monitoring it. so if mrs. schmidt is in georgia and can't get out and sends out a tweet, there's somebody usually at american delta, united who can say, how can we deal with that. when in doubt, tweet. >> peter greenberg, thank you. appreciate it. peter's going to be back with us by the way in the next half hour with the best places in the country to celebrate new year's eve. there's some great ones there. now to a story in india. a woman who was brutally beaten and gang raped on a bus in new delhi. it sparked days of protests condemning violence against woman. the victim had been moved to a hospital in singapore because her injuries were so severe.

>> reporter: as the body of the 23-year-old student was being readied for a flight back to india, the police sealed off the area and braced for more demonstrations like the ones last week when thousands of indians, most of them young and furious poured into the streets to protest against the gang rape of a student who still hasn't been identified. they were also protesting against rape in general, which they say often goes unpunished in india or blames the woman victim. to help restore calm a clearly rattled prime minister in india had to make a statement on national television. >> i ensure you wi will make all possible efforts to secure the safety of women in the country. >> reporter: widespread public outrage means all eyes are on the police inquiry on the december 16 gauge rape which occurred when she and her man friend were picked up by six men

joyriding on an indian bus. they announced today that all six will be tried for murder. for "cbs this morning saturday" i'm elizabeth palmer in london. the stock market continues to fall as they remain on edge. the dow lost 158 points on friday closing at 12,938. it was the fifth straight day of losses for the dow, the longest losing streak since july. for the week the dow lost almost 2%. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 were also down as well. a threatened strike by dockworkers that would have closed east coast and gulf coast ports has been averted at least for a couple of weeks. more than 14,000 longshoremen agreed to hold off until february. the walkout was set for tomorrow and would have bottled up billions of dollars of cargo.

the senate has approved a $60 billion aid package for victims of hurricane sandy. the democratic backed measure passed on a 62-32 vote on friday. the bill face answer uncertain future, however, in the house where republican leaders appear to be reluctant to move on a big spending bill until a fiscal cliff issue has been resolved. and former president george h.w. bush is still in intensive care this morning. he's being treated for a fever following a bronc kai it is-related cough. a spokesman for family says he continues to improve and the doctors are cautiously optimistic about his recovery. he's been hospitalized for one month. he's 88 years old and is the nation's oldest living former president. it's about 18 minutes after the hour. here's a look at the weather for your weekend.

the new year is almost here but the 2012 holiday shopping season if you can believe it, is still in full swing. so how have retailers done? well it'd hard to say. one study found that foot traffic in brick and mortar stores was down this year by more than 3%. but another said that before christmas holiday sales were up by just a fraction of a percentage point compared to last year but the nation tall retail federation is sticking with its figure of a jump of 4.1% jump. it all seemed confusing. here to given us the true story is veteran retail analyst dana. good morning. >> good morning. >> here we are again. how is this all going to shape up? >> i think it was a very long

season from black friday until christmas, 32 days. week one, week four were the strongest weeks. how it's going to shape up it will be a lone single-didn't increase. that's what it feels like. retails did not have a lot of inventory, so consumers when they were out there had to buy what they saw. >> so it sounds like you're saying mediocre. >> it should have been better. the theme is it should have been a better christmas than it was. >> do you think the fiscal cliff played into it and how so? >> i think it was a lot of things. the uncertainty, the tragedy in connecticut, hurricane sandy and everyone replenishing their home item. where was the good news. >> i have a hard time with somebody deciding between a toy or something else a grandmother says, oh, well it's the fiscal cliff. how much does that play into consumer spending? >> what we saw is walmart's ceo come into it. it certainly wasn't the whole

reason but it was certainly part of it. >> did it wind up that internet sales were as big? it was off to great start. >> it was off to a good start and it continued throughout. we estimate it was still up double digits but this week it's up. in the month of january, 70% of the gift cards are redeem and that's when they're counted as sales. so there's more to go. >> seth brought up a really interesting point though. that is as a country we still have near 8% unemployment and among those many have been out of work for more than 6six months. that has to be a factor to some degree. >> it is but everybody participated in christmas, even if they're on a budget. >> if you think about what this says for 2013 and in particular for jobs in 2013 what does it tell you? >> what it tells me is we're going to start off the season on a very cautious note.

retailers will order very carefully. the next catch we'll get is the easter season to see if it picks up. >> i'm intrigued about the internet sales. if i'm not going in the stores and i'm doing more an more online does that mean when they go to return they ship in less? >> could be. internet still accounts for less than 10% of overall retail sales so more consumers are still ngbuyi in stores. but, yes, if they return them they can return them in stores or online. it will be counted in the same figures. >> and we're still going to be counting for a while here. >> exactly. month of january, gift card redemptions. 70% of all gift cards are redeemed. there's more to go. >> thank you very much. can we make a date for black friday next year? >> i'm ready. >> it's your black friday special. >> it's my thing. coming up whatever is done or not done about the fiscal

cliff, you need to get your financial house in order right now, so we're getting you all set for the new year. and then later it's one of the most famous photographs of the 20th century. ever wonder who they are? you'll meet them. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday". >> is this is a weather alert. sheer an update good morning everyone from the 9news weather center. we'retracking the storm moving through our area. it looks like we're in the

clear inside and outside the beltway. northwestof town we're seeing light snow somehow r tell us beginning to pass on through. acumulation inareas like couple ber scompland oakland. stay tune sxd we'llcoupe you posted about this coming storm into the afternoon.

. coming up we'll take a look at a documentary film about a man who woke up not knowing who he is and he still doesn't. >> can you imagine? some are skeptical of the no identity claim. but the film maker says no one has come forward to prove it wrong. and benjamin kyle has no idea who he is. he refuses to take money for his story. we'll be speaking with him when we come back. this is "cbs this morning saturday."

good morning once again. in the9 weather center. look tell uslike that winter storm is moving into our area. part tell us ofour rejor john already seeing some snow. more of an overkagsskiechl we will be expecting a mix of rain and snow as we head into the afternoon. temperatures should be above freezing which means we will be

in the clear for much of the region. stay with us. >> here is an update. littlebit more information on the storms moving on through. here's more detail. as we headinto the afternoon hours we should see rin and snow showers tapering off around 12:00 to 1:00. areas west will continueto see those light snow showers into the early afternoon. temperatures should reach upper 30's and lower 40's into the afternoon --

and welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm seth doane. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. do you ever wonder what happens when you step through the scanner while going through airport security? well according to one blogger who claims to be a former tsa agent, it's not pretty. >> i don't like this. the anonymous blogger says a lot of them laugh and look at the scanner which strips away the person's clothing. hi calls it a hair-brained money wasting taxpayer worry.

>> as a blogger, you always >> anonymous. now to our top story this half hour. many people go through an identity crisis at some point in their lives but not like this. one man woke up eight years ago without the slightest idea of who he was. >> the continuing search for his identity is now the focus of a student-made documentary. >> my name is benjamin kyle. you don't fwhoe i am. and quite frankly, neither do i. this is my story. >> the documentary "finding benjamin" tells the story of finding benjamin kyle the name taken from the initials of the burger king where he was found, beaten and naked next to a dumbster with no identification. >> i don't know how i got there and i don't have no memories of who i am. >> benjamin was diagnosed with retrograde amnesia. finding benjamin is a student film by florida state university

graduate john wixom. >> authorities couldn't tell benjamin who he was and without a social security number he couldn't get a job or place to stay. >> for all intents and purposes i don't exist. >> benjamin became the first u.s. citizen to be missing despite his whereabouts being known and the fbi left it at that. >> benjamin kyle doesn't remember anything about his past and despite international appearances nobody seems to remember him. benjamin doesn't have the proper identification needed to get a new social security number. his own form of i.d. his own wikipedia page. that makes doing virtually everything possible including gaining entry into a homeless shelter. >> we explained his story with the article and even a clip from dr. phil but still no luck. >> "finding benjamin" was shown

this year at the tribeca film festival. >> i'm going to tell you my story because this is my future my sos, my message in the bottle. with us are filmmaker john wixom and benjamin kyle. good morning to both of you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> this is an incredible story, john. and you stumbled onto it on the internet. you thought it was going to be a quirky story you would tell initially but you changed your focus. why? >> well, originally the -- i found benjamin's wikipedia article online and i was looking for an approach to a documentary and i thought, this is an interesting story, this is something quirky. originally it was going to be something kind of funny, kind of look at this guy. but, you know as soon as we started filming and getting to know benjamin it became clear this wasn't funny or quirky. this was a real man with a real issue and the tone quickly

changed. >> benjamin i was reading a bit. you remember some things places locations, some events. you don't remember people. what is that like? what do you remember? >> well i remember being in a lot of places in denver boulder. i don't know how to describe it actually. i mean how do you tell people what you can't remember? >> are the memories benjamin are they visual? do you remember being hugged ever, for example? >> no. i don't remember that. mostly i, you know they're visual memories. i can picture movie theaters in denver or the streets. i'll get on the google street view and look around. i'll see how things have changed. every once in a while, you know something will bring back a memory. >> what are the next steps here?

how do you figure out who you are? how do you move forward? >> i just take one day at a time because i don't really know. i don't know what else i can do. >> part of the approach john was to find benjamin a social security number. he doesn't have one. he doesn't have an i.d. and you put a petition out on "we the people" on the whitehouse.gov website. you didn't get enough signature signatures. what are you thinking of doing, john? >> the petition was a great call of action to show support. right now like benjamin said, take it one day at a time. hopefully his story is going to get out there thanks to you guys and good coverage. hopefully people are going to find this compelling and really listen to benjamin and hopefully

take heart and something will happen. >> all right. good luck to both of you in figuring that out. benjamin kyle and john wixom, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. here's jeff berardelli from miami. >> good morning, everybody. if you're waking up in central pennsylvania, you're waking up to heavy snow buffalo, syracuse rochester, that's where the heavy snow is right now. it's moving out of the ohio valley after 3 to 5 inches of snowfall. heavy rain along the north carolina coast. it should reach philadelphia by late morning, boston by mid f an. we could be talking totals somewhere in the neck of the woods 3 to 5 inches and maybe as much as 10 inches in boston. that's the tissue part of the country. look along the west coast. plenty of sunshine in the southwest and also up to the northwest. plenty of cold across the country with temperatures across the 20s and 30s

rebecca. >> you chose great place to come here jeff. you chose florida and one day you're here. >> one day i'm here. congress has yet to resolve the fiscal cliff issue. we'll tell you what you need to know to get a financial plan ready for the new year. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

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when the clock strikes midnight on new year's eve, fiscal cliff or not there will be some unprecedented confusing tax changes that will affect nearly everyone's pocketbook. so here to help you get your financial life in shape for 2013 we deev sided to turn to the woman i've been turning to my whole life my mom. she's the financial columnist for the "chicago tribune" and author of "saving like a paper." this is a treat.

>> thanks for having me. >> how much does the fiscal cliff impact what we're saving on taxes? >> well for middle income people, the tax increase is going to be about $2,200 and for higher income people that's the part that's been talked about a lot, people with $200,000 in income or $250,000 per couple. they're going to get hit. then there's also going to be increases in the dividends that you pay, the dividend income that you get. there's going to be increases in capital gains taxes. >> mom, when it comes to budgeting for the future you've always taught me to put money aside in my 401(k). it was the thing you told me to do when i got my first job. what should people be doing with their retirement savings? >> right now people are in the best shape possible to save for their future. they might not feel like that after the financial crisis. but if taxes go up you're not going to be able to save as much in the future so i've been

urging everyone to save as much as they can possibly save right now, and the key is going to be for many families,ite going be retirement savings because if social security is cut, and thats likely if you're under 55 if medicare is cut, your savings are going to be critical. so save as much as you possibly can now before your taxes start to go up. >> and you could put money into a 401(k) or ira up to april 15. what about seniors? what should they be doing? >> seniors make the mistake of looking at a big pot of money that they've saved. it looks like the biggest pot of money that they've ever seen but it may not be enough so they'll look at -- say someone has been lucky enough to save $500,000. they say i've got plenty i can retire. bad mistake. they have to realize they can only taken 4% out of that a year. so that $500,000 is only about

$20,000 to live on. people have to do the calculation before they retire and they also have to wait to collect social security. every year that they wait after age 62 to retire their social security will go up 8%. imagine getting an 8% raise. that's pretty good. >> how about as a parent. do you save for your own future or save for your kids' college future? >> if you can save for both, that's the best. but if you can only save for one thing, it has to be your retirement. if you can save for college, too, great. but the kids can borrow for college. to borough money to pay for the groceries or your medicine. >> all right. thanks so much. >> thank you. up next unique photograph

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it's rare but sometimes a single photograph comes to define a major historic event. one of those photos was simply known as "the kiss," v-day, the day japan surrendered, ending world war ii. you see a sailor and nurse in times square sharing their joy with a passionate kiss. >> until recently their iden rema wusa mystery. but when the anniversary arrived the year michelle miller introduced us to them and took them to times square for a trip down memory lane. >> reporter: it is one of the most famous pictures of the 20th

century, a moment filled with such spontaneous euphoria it seemed to last forever. >> it was the moment. you come back and finally the war ends. >> reporter: 89-year-old george mendoza says he's the sailor in the photograph that would come to symbolize the end of world war ii and greta freeman, the nurse in white. the photographer snapped a picture. ten seconds is all it took. we took them to the spot of their kiss for the second time since that day in 1945. >> i did not see him approaching. before i knew it i was in this tight grip. >> reporter: how long did you kiss her? >> not long. >> reporter: greta was a dental assistant on break. george a first-class sailor in the naerch was on a date with another woman when he heard the news at radio city music hall

and they stopped the shore and said the war is over the japanese have surrendered. he and his date then went to a nearby bar celebrating that he would not have to return to combat. >> the excitement of the war being over plus i had a few drinks. so when i saw the nurse, i grabbed her and i kissed her. >> did either of you see the picture when it was first published in kwf life" magazine? >> i'm sure i saw it. >> reporter: did you recognize yourself? >> yes, of course. i mean you don't forget this guy grabbing you. >> so i did not know the picture was taken. >> reporter: george and greta went their separate ways not formally meeting until 1980 when "life" magazine asked the previously unknown pair to step forward. george's friend noticed the picture in the magazine. >> he says i know it's you. i said you're crazy. this is 1980 35 years after the

war ended. >> reporter: the first time you saw the picture? >> that's correct. so he brought the magazine over to the house and the minute i looked at it i said, man, that is me. >> reporter: but they weren't the only ones claiming credit. for more than 30 years other people claimed to be the ones in the photo and for just as long george has fought to set the record straight. >> i started my research in 2007. >> reporter: now george has an ally. rhode island high school history teacher turned author lawrence barria. he co-wrote a book, "the kissing sailor." he said it rules out everyone but the retired fisherman from rhode island. >> it's a story about our nation, world war ii. it's a story about a kiss a place, it's a story about a publication, but in the end it's a story about two national treasures who for 60-some years never got do what was theirs.

>> the best proof is my data seen over my right shoulder. >> reporter: his date can be seen in the background smiling from year to year. >> so the first week you're dating. >> yeah. >> reporter: and he's kissing another woman. >> i said it was dopey or something but it didn't bother me. >> reporter: it must not have. she's been married to george for the last 66 years. women still come up to george. >> we'll be at a different function or something and they'll come up and say he's the kissing sailor. so the kissing sailor thinks he has to kiss everybody. he gets a kiss. >> reporter: i have to admit something to you, here he's kissing me. >> you i don't mind him kissing. very nice picture. >> reporter: people write george all the time asking for autographs and offering words of

encouragement. he described a recent letter to us. >> he stated something like it must be something great to be involved in a photo that means the end of world war ii. well, i'm proud of that. >> reporter: and still is the nation still mesmerized by his timeless kiss. for "cbs this morning saturday," michelle miller new york. >> i don't know who's cute never that piece. >> they're both really adorable. but i was thinking as i was watching it. imagine someone, a stranger coming up and kisses you in times square now. i don't know that you would get that nice of a moment out of it. very different times. all right, coming up later, some of the best places go to ring in the new year. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

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overall it'sbeen quiet. no precipitation atthe present time the. but bythe 9:00 we could see a mix of rain and snow showers. by the afternoon, right around 40 degrees. mainly a wint ri makescross metro with snow showers to the north and to the west. itbreaks out the timing like this. in the 9:00 hour we're seeing a mix of rain and snow north. wehave cleared the belt way by 11:00 into the afternoon sxchlt we continue to clear out as we head into the evening hours. it'll be partly cloudy overnight tobt and we're looking at a calm forecast for tomorrow. overall,though, it's been fairly quiet in rejons for the beginning of our day, and we're expect to go see a little bit more rain showers throughout the day. stay with us for more information on this winter storm moving on tluchlt of course we will be keeping you

up to date on what's happening with the snow fall to north and west. asof right now, most of our roadways remain clear, and temperatures are well above the freezing mark. it's going to bea chilly night tonight. in factwe're getting into 20s and lower 30's. we're going do see alittle of the of that freezing on the ree roadways 6789 it will be breeze sxi chilly but dump chers tomorrow should be near 40 degrees. stay with 9news for the latest on the winter storm. anddownload our weather app as well. >> look k ford ward into our forecast, sunday we'll see basically about 40 degrees, but by the time we get sto monday a

little bit nice we are a high closer to 45. welcome to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm rebecca jarvis. >> and i'm seth doane in for anthony mason. coming up -- our peter greenberg looks at some of the country's other great spots to ring in 2013. then something to look forward to for next year. it could be a real blockbuster year for the movies and we'll preview some of the most anticipated films of the coming year. >> plus, it's been delighting kids for 60 years now and it's

still going strong the children's classic "charlotte's web." >> i always love thad book. first coming up this half hour, the negotiations to head off the fiscal cliff. there appears to be new optimism that a deal could be struck. we're going to get more from our chief white house correspondent major garrett who's at the white house. major, good morning again. nice to see you. where do things stand? >> good morning. well rebecca, the president said yesterday he's modestly optimistic as did the senate democratic leader. let's face reality. optimism and hope don't equal a bill and as of yet there's no bill. they're said to work today to try to compromise and what's the real sticking point? at what income threshold in america? right now the president wants higher income tax rates for every household earning $250,000 or more. there's bail -- a bill in the

senate. if they can reach an accommodation with the white house instead of democrats that may be the deal that they look at tomorrow, but so far the negotiations i'm told this morning are not proceeding well and some sense of optimism that was springing up yesterday may be facing those harsh reality this morning. >> do we know, major, what some of the sticking points might be at this point? >> well, beyond the question of income tax rates, and that's really the huge issue, republicans don't want and are not comfortable with and the house can't pass anything that has a threshold of $250,000 even though that's what the campaign campaigned for re-election on. the white house said hey, we had to hold debate about this and the american public gave them a mandate to do that. the republicans aren't there yet. plus there's lots of other things. this small deal that's getting smaller by the hour won't even drea is the across the board spending cuts. there are still many obstacles

in the way of a deal that and you also have to have a deal from mcconnell and read thatid that can pass in the house. what's the proets cal for getting it there and who's going to say yes, we can do that at this point? >> let's revisit our high school civics on a saturday morning. that i have to pass it meaning they don't filibuster or don't block and if they vote it through, then the house gets it and the house has to decide if, in fact, republicans and democrats can vote for it. historically john boehner said he wants a very large majority of republicans to vote for this. he's not interested in trying to get democratic votes for it. if he changes his mind and a senate deal cominges to the house then it can pass and all of this can be resolved at least in miniature. with don't have a bill and we don't have a procedure yet in the house. >> what are the chances given that this bill is lookings like it's getting smaller and smaller, what are the chances that the debt ceiling which we hit on december 31st as well

what are the chances that that gets wrapped up in this package or are we going to be dealing with it again in 2013? >> the chances of it being dealt with are precisely zero. there will be no debt ceiling arrangement i'm told by the white house or congressional republicans or democrats. as the treasury announced on december 31st we technically run out of a way to deal with it. we're going to be right back debating the debt ceiling, the implications of that and wall street and big business will be just as concerned as they historic will i have been that default is the looming question for the country, not all these underlying tax revenue issues and other things like that. so we're going to revisit this debate in january or february whether the country wants to or not. >> mayor garrett at the white house. thanks so much. i can tell you're going to have a busy weekend ahead. >> indeed thank you. tens of thousands of people in central arkansas are shivering through another day without electricity to keep them warm. a powerful christmas day storm

brought snow and ice to the areasnapping power lines and poles. trees were toppled as well. warming centers are being opened in some places for the elderly and disabled. about 40% of the power has been restoried. the state department has issued a strongly worded warning for americans traveling to haiti. it says no one is safe from kidnapping there and it also warns of murder, robbery, and infectious disease. state departments say travellers arriving at the airport in port-au-prince have been attacked and robbed in recent months. at least two americans were killed in robbery-related violence. an attorney is reportedly asking a connecticut court's permission to sue the state for $100 million on behalf of a student who survived the massacre in newtown. the attorney claims the 6-year-old identified as jill dough is traumatized by the mass shooting. he also accuses the state of not

protecting the students. a number of gay couples married in maine early this morning celebrating the new law there that went into effect at midnight. voters in the state approved gay marriage in november and maine becomes the third state to approve the law by popular vote. voters have put the law into effect already in washington state and maryland will recognize the law on new year's day. and people in nepal love elephants. hundreds turned out on friday for nepal's ninth annual elephant festival which including watching them play soccer. organizers insist el familiarities have learn houd to play the game and they're not being directed by the jockey. either way, one took the other toughing to toughing winning 6-0. >> they play soccer better than i do. >> i'm impressed. it's about six minutes after the hour. time now for another check of the weather with jeff berardelli of our miami station wfor. good morning, jeff. >> good morning, guys.

we're talking about a big snow starm in parts of the northeast. let's take a look at the radar and satellite. heavy rain in pennsylvania and upstate new york. in the south, it's heavy rain. notice the progression. early afternoon. philly and new york city, right on the line of rain and snow but it looks like it could be a big snowstorm for providence and maybe boston as the system cranks up later today. some places could see as much as six to ten inches of snow especially in this area southeast noengd. just north of new york city 3 to 5 inches, a little bit less as we head to new york and philadelphia. if you're flying major problems in new york city also in cleveland with snow falling right now. snow and rain in d.c. and in san francisco, a temperature of 53. >> good morning from the weather center. let's take a quick look at our radar. we are seeing the showers moving off to the north and the east, however, some areas could get a dusting up to an inch of

snow, mainly north and west of town. the day planner keeps us in the 30s ms of the day switching over to all rain in the afternoon. the temperatures only making it near that 40-degree mark. t it looks like we'll be cloudy overnight with lows down into the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. jeff. every year millions of people watch the collision tall ball drop on tv in times square but this year is chock full of fun ways to celebrate the new year and cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is here with some of his picks of the best. good morning, peter. >> good morning. not just the crystal ball dropping in times square. there are a lot of things dropping. >> what is it with dropping? >> they love to drop. >> drop a beat peter. >> in pennsylvania they have a peep drop. you know those yellow birds? they put them on an 85-food crane and this 85-pound fiberglass peep is dropped. try to control your excitement.

it's all part of a three-day peep festival. >> peepfest. >> peep sales. >> through the roof. in memphis, tennessee, they have the hard rock guitar drop. >> yeah. 13 bands go out. they drop their oversized guitar down on the ground. you know what? it's part of a big festival. and you know what? not far away in mobile, alabama, the moon pie drop. >> i wouldn't want to be under that. >> no. >> fiberglass moon pie? >> it had better be. >> kind of scary these things coming down. >> one the thing drops you get to eat them. >> the fiberglass and all. terrific. there's a beach ball drop? >> panama city florida. there's one big beach ball. 800-pound waterford crystal ball, glowing ball 12 feet in diameter. that's not the only thing. it's followed by 10,000 inflatable beach balls that are dropped on the boardwalk so it's

a lot of fun for the families too. >> these are also big events. how long have they been around compared to the ball drop in times square? >> some have been around for 15 years. you've got one in key west. this is a different one. the alternative drop. i'm going to call it what it is. it's the drag queen drop. >> wow. >> great sunsets, great energy great eating. and every year for the last couple of years they actually drop a guy named sushi. >> sushi. >> it doesn't need a lot of explanation, but how does a drag queen drop work? >> very carefully because by the time sushi drops, then they pop the champagne cork and everybody has a party. it's colorful. probably one of the best people-watching events you have. >> i'm sure the drag queen comes down in a big shoe? >> a big still le te. i'm not telling you anymore. you have to go there to see it. >> what do they do with the

still le toe for the rest of the year? >> they store it until next year. >> rebecca's wearing it right now. this is a glorious scene in colorado. imagine the entire mountain lit up. imagine a flowing lava. it's really gorgeous. look at that. those are all skiers going down the mountain and what great festival. they've been doig this since 1972. so these 40 years this year. >> at least they're not dropping something. >> exactly. >> then you have tell mek la california. >> this is a great drop. people don't realize they've been making grape wine in temecula for 40 years. they drop this huge bunch of grapes. once they drop the grapes you drink the wine. there it is. >> and they don't look like edible grapes. >> they're not. but they're indications of things to come. these are all locations around the country that are doing things in a different way but still celebrating the new year's, and in every one of

these cases, you know obviously, designated drivers, please. >> more likely you have people saying let's get this on national tv. eter greenberg thank you so much. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. up next -- >> noooooo! >> the move blockbusters coming your way in 2013 including "oz:the great and powerful." you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

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good morning from the weather center. and it is still calm in the d.c. area. we're seeing mainly overcast skies, expecting a mix of rain and snow through the later portioning of the morning. the temperatures will move out of the 30sment we'll change over to all rain in the afternoon. the temperatures should hit a high right near 40 degrees in txcn and then partly cloudy to

mostly cloudy overnight tonight as we drop our temperatures down into the 20s and 30s. "les miserable." there's a new take on "superman," the man of steel. >> you have to decide who you want to grow up to be, whoever that man is. he's going to change the world. >> and here with a preview of 2013 is our good friend david edlestein, film critic for "cbs this morning" and magazine. this was a great year for movies. >> it was a great year for really high-quality crud. it was really a great time to be in hollywood.

not so much creatively but, you know budgets are through the roof. >> help us look forward to the next year and what's coming up. "die hard v?" ? >> sequels, prequels remakes. this time bruce willis fights alongside his son so you get automatic weapons and bonding, so it's real family values time at the old multiplex. you know they probably get to mow down a hundred people. i like bruce betts when he had hair as john maclean. now he looks look boost. they were rated. >> reporter:. now they're rated pg-13 so the kids can come. look, if you're going to do "diehard," i know it's another fashionable to say so anymore i like splatter with those kinds of movies. if you're going to do it do it. have the courage of your convictions. >> i'm really interested. march 8, a prequel to "the

wizard of oz" is coming out. >> right. sam remy a wonderful director is doing it with james franco as the wizard. what i really hope is that they remember that he's supposed to be a bad wizard. a good man but a bad wizard. james franco what a harem he has. mena kunitz and others. what wizard wouldn't want to be surrounded like actresses like that? >> what about ""the great gatsby" gatsby"? what a wonderful, wonderful book. >> they used a lot of hip-hop music, it's going to be 3-d. i think the director will do everything he can to take this great masterpiece from the 1920s and make it as vulgar as humanly possible because that's kind of his style. did you see "moulin rouge?"

>> yes. >> it was the only movie with the ringing of the phone sounded real. he's a great gates by. >> "star trek." >> it's a new cast that looks like baby loony toons. what's so great, he's got eyes on either side of his head so he doesn't need any makeup. he looks like the alien race threatening the starship enterprise. i'm really really excited to see what benedict can do to kick star trek into warp 7 or 8 or whatever the fastest warp is these days. and finally another "superman" movie? >> yes, yes. "superman yts come

"superman" comes back. it's a reboot as opposed to a remake. this one looks more religious. the super heroes now have become our gods and this one is about a god who falls to earth and has to save mankind and the guy who plays "superman" looks really good. russell crowe and kevin costner with corn fed-fed midwestern series. it looks good. this has the right balance of kartun and religiosity. >> we're looking forward to checking ittal out. thank you. happy new year to you. up next "charlotte's web," for 60 years it has warmd million os of hearts wheel teaching about friendship. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." sease, and it feels like your life revolves around your symptoms,

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wilbur, and charlotte lately? probably not but the version of the children's classic "charlotte's web" has turned 60 years old. here's elaine quijano with a look back at then duerring friendship. >> reporter: e.b. white's "charlotte's web" has sold millions of copies. the story centers on a friendship between charlotte, a spied eric and wilbur a big destined for lauter. e.b. white based the big on his sickly pick. >> he did everything to do to save his life. worked with his son, stayed all night, had the veterinarian over two or three weeks. nothing worked. he's much more sad than he out to have been and it stays in his mind. >> reporter: as for the spider white's barn was filled with them and for her name charlotte

a.cavatica, he consulted with experts. >> he learned he had the wrong name for the spider. he shrinks the name to a. >> reporter: even though she saves charlotte's web, white allows charlotte to die after lag her egg just as real barn spiders do. her death so moved the author he faltered when he recorded the audio book. >> when charlotte is dying and he has to read those words, no one was with her when she died and 16 times his voice cracked or he got tears in his eyes and on the 17th take 20 years after it was published, he finally was able to read it without breaking down. >> nobody of the hundreds of people who had visited the fair knew that a great spider had played the most important part of all. no one was with her when she

died. >> reporter: this year the library of congress designated "charlotte's web" a book that shaped america. officials called the story notable for the way it treats death as a natural and inevitable part of life. elaine quijano, c b sbs news new york. >> that is one of those stories you hope they always keep reading in school. i remember reading it as a kid. what a wonderful book. >> i remember reading it too. it's really sweet now to hear the backstory on all of this and for him to get so emotional. >> to get teary reading the book, it's terrific. >> i felt teary watching it a little bit. coming up we have a special treat, sthef david bu lay brings his ultimate dish to us in studio 57. you'll have to wait to see what it is on "cbs this morning saturday."

>> well, good morning. once begin from the weather center, and tracking that winter storm that is moving on through the metro region. will let's get right to it. doppler radar now showing a very well defined rine and snow line. in fact, it is just outside the beltway north and west. we're seeing some snow beginning to develop. so far just very light snow showers and a few flurries passing through much of the area, but over time that will begin the accumulate. i'm expectations -- expecting accumulations one to two inches west of town and that is especially up towards hagerstown and north of the mason-dixon line. overall it will be a fairly blustery day as we head on into

the afternoon and evening hours. as the moisture pushes through, it will become more of a rain- snow mix from the beltway to points south where as southeastern portions of the viewing region will see predominantly rain for the later morning and afternoon hours. in all, it is fairly overcast skies. we're starting to see some haze and, yes, a wet pavement at regan national airport and a little bit of overcast skies. we are mixing with that rain and snow through the 9:00 hour. by 12:00, we shift over to all rain. the temperatures not budging too much. we're sitting at 39 degrees at this hour for regan national. we should make it to about 40 degrees by noon and then holding that temperature fairly steady into the afternoon and all -- and in all it will be partly cloudy overnight tonight. here is what you need to nee as you get out and about on this saturday morning, temperatures are in the 30s. for most of us we are freezing and seeing only a parent rain- snow mix and temperatures are 32 degrees and below.

the snow showers are beginning to fall. either way you look at it, it is cold outside and feeling like the 30s and 20s for much of the region. again, that rain-snow line should cross right through the beltway region into the afternoon. here is what we expect with our time line. future cast forecast models stopping it at the 11:00 hour. still a little bit of the showers lingering but beginning to see clearing off to the west. by about the 2:00 hour, we're mainly with cloudy skies with the precipitation coming to an end, and still seeing some rain across the eastern shore and portions of delaware and the snow showers moving off to the north towards philadelphia, new york and new jersey. by late afternoon and headed into the evening, we are almost in the clear. partly cloudy skies becoming mostly clear overnight tonight. so in all it does look like we're going to see just a little bit of an event for us in the later morning hours, but by late afternoon things should clear out nicely for us. doppler radar again showing the significant rain-snow line for most of us it is going to be

mainly a mix, a slushy, messy morning for your saturday and a very blustery and chilly afternoon. stay with us here at 9 news for the latest information. you'll get a kick out of this guy. his name is hobbit rugland. he's from norway. he and his friends put together a video to demonstrate his amazing kicking skills not with a soccer ball but with a football. >> it quickly got a million hits but attracted the attention of the new york jets. they actually brought him here to the u.s. for a tryout which he said went well which isn't a surprise. unfortunately he's not a quarterback. they could use perhaps another one of those. >> absolutely. welcome back to "cbs this morning saturday." i'm seth doane in for anthony mason. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. coming up some of carnegie

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mostly clear skies. it's going to be gorgeous in times square for new year's eve and not too good morning. still watching the snow and rain line. now we're getting a bit of a wintry mix at regan national airport. overall we will be mostly cloudy and we'll switch over to all rain in the afternoon, but some accumulations of accumulations north and west of town. it looks like an all rain event south and east. it will be a chilly night tonight, partly cloudy. to you, seth. >> thank you. it's called sing sing. some of the great stars of carnegie hall are starting to change that. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

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now we want the take another look at a story we first told you about this summer. when you think about carnegie hall, the inchesmages that come to mind are likely renowned

musicians performing in a hall. there's a charity that brings music to hospitals, homeless shelters and places you never imagined. >> one two three, four five. ♪ >> every sound has a feeling. >> at this music workshop -- >> playing an instrument keeps you disciplined. >> the lessons are not surprising. >> it gave me a way to say things i couldn't perhaps articulate in words. ♪ >> but the students' resumes are. daniel bar tell, dennis martin yez, and quinata hughes are part of a regular group. >> i was doing stick-ups. >> you were a person saying give me your money. >> yep. >> i'm here for assault in the first. >> what does that mean. >> i shot another man. >> shot and killed a man while

robbing him. >> wow. murder. >> yes. >> that's -- >> murder. >> serious. >> yeah. i'd say it's about as serious as it gets. >> this unlikely school of music along new york's famous hudson river valley is run inside a maximum security prison called sing sing. the students all wearing green are innate. >> i think it's one, not three. >> daniel teaches these several-hours-long music connections classes twice a month. the program is funded by the world renowned carnegie hall world institute. working with the prison its mission is to make music accessible and just maybe something more. >> do you want your neighbor to be someone who was left in a cell for 15 or 20 years and

didn't develop themselves or their minds or their ability to function in society? or do you want somebody that's had a chance to be rehabilitated. >> do you think that's what you're doing? rehabilitating? >> you know, i'm not a social worker. i'm not a therapist. but my instinct is this work has the potential to help people change change. >> i do music and that's my way of expressing myself now but i didn't have anything to identify myself with. crime was the road i went down. >> 25-year-old dan yany bartel picked up the violin two years ago. he started with "violin for dummy" book and before this class had given up. >> i was having a hard time with

"mary had a little lamb." the guys around me said listen the you don't cut that out, i'm going to break it. they hated me. >> these days when he gets angry or frustrated he picks up his instrument. he's among 16 students hand selected from a prison population of 1,600. >> it's hard to believe that someone who could one day stick a gun in someone's face could really be transformed by music. >> mm-hmm. >> should people believe that? >> i thank should because it happened. >> you're going to find notes that you love. >> it happened in part by learning to read and write their own music. >> a bit of freedom, they say, in a place where that's rare. >> as the workshop ss, they work to perform the pieces. dennis martinez wrote a song called "dear mother."

which he practiced with professional singer leanne westover. >> i always had a creative ink ling, but i used to take this energy and destroy more than i used to create. >> the song is an open letter of apology to his mom. ♪ you are the one who has ignored my failures ♪ >> what made you want to pick up an instrument in prison? >> peer pressure. >> that's the kind of peer pressure in this prison? >> right. remember, peer pressure can be negative or positive. in this case it worked out for me me. ♪ you are the one who is ♪

>> in some ways aren't you rewarding people? >> i thought about that in the beginning. >> why do you want to end in on this key? i went in not being sure. but if i can help them them self-reflect or transform in making music, then i want to be involved with that. >> all year long they say should i do this or do this and my answer is always what do you think sounds good? >> i can't think of anything i did that i was proud of to say i was proud of accomplishing this. >> on this day, quinata hughes who's been locked up for 17 years got to share his composition with jazz great charlie porter. >> i was like i feel -- i'm proud of this. >> talk to me about how you get from here to this note.

>> now i've taken an idea that was within me and communicated it so that now it's within him so now we're less alone than we were a minute ago because we're a little closer to being one. >> can music really change you? >> you know, i think it must because with all due recollect, i'm not a murderer i'm a musician. i can never undo what i've done but when it's something of this magnitude, you need something of extraordinary magnitude to counterbalance that, to give you a new identity. >> an identity discovered through music. just three years old, it's hard to quantify whether this program worked, but there's no doubt it does bring something beautiful

to a rather unlikely place. [ applause ] >> carnegie hall says 90% of the inmates who begin daniel leavy's program continue with it. but since most learned to play after they went to prison many of their families have never seen them perform. >> this is a complex story, seth. >> it is. when do you go in as a journalist and you don't want to be too light on these guys. there there's a lot of second -- there's so much involved in getting into the prison. you can't forget that they're prisoners. it takes a while to see them as people. it takes a while to kind of see the beauty that they're creating in this place. >> and it is -- what they are doing, the music is really good. >> it would bring a tear too euro-- to your eye standing there listening to it. >> seth doane, that was really nice. coming up next world chef david bouley is here with duck for his ultimate new year's eve dish.

we're looking forward to the dish on "cbs this morning saturday."

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we are more than delight eded that chef david bouley has returned. he has won many awards for cooking and his signature dish in new york. >> tliets. his popularity with the dining public is unmatched. bouley has been at the top rated restaurant for three years running. he shares his ultimate dish for the new year. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> duck or goose has always been a end of the year dish. >> tell us what's on the plate.

>> i know you're from. >> that's where seth doane grew up. >> yes, yes. what we have today is very simple. kiwi and the oi stirs because kiwi and oyster have the same 18 minerals in common. that's very interesting. you have nothing else there but you find out a lot more favor in the oyster. >> that's fascinating. 18 minerals in common? when you think about cooking as a chef do you think in that kind of scientific -- >> i actually read that in a science book and when i tried it i thought my customers are either going to think i'm crazy or they're going to like it but they were asking for more. they wanted six or a dozen. it's only a few weeks i've been doing it but it works well. in an oyster you have salt fat, and protein and now we have acid and sugar in the kiwi. those are the five principles of cooking so you have it all. >> you mentioned we have foie gras on the side which can be a

little controversial. >> well, now there's a lot of movement particularly in new york state to make the foie gras concept, the process extremely healthy and humane. >> canadians are helping. i don't think there'll be any more issues with the foie gras. you know the romans and the greeks used to eat foie gras. the liver gets naturally large before they migrate. so some are concerned they force the liver to be that large but the bird does it twice a year on its own. >> this might look a little overwhelming for some audience members. >> we have the duck glazed with lick rizorice powder from france and dates from a farm in california. very good dates. one of my favorites is very simple because us chefs, we've been cooking, making everything complicated. so we just want to taste the great ingredients like the

oyster. so here we have a potato that's actually from one of my farms, and this potato is simply smoked with caviar. you have to try that. >> i will be trying that. you mentioned your farm. >> mm-hmm. >> which a couple years ago you actually got your own farm. what made you decide to go in that direction? >> why i decided is the direction that we're going now with the bouley restaurant is to fortify our food. in the early '80s i was one of the first chefs to work with the farmers, to bring ingredients people had never seen like the fingerling potato. what we're working to see is why we lost so many flavor in the vegetables. i'm turning my farm into a living laboratory. >> no wonder you're reading the science book. i work with others around the country who have a lot more education than me and we work with cornell food physiologist

who's helping quantify the nutrient density of our vegetables. we start with the ground up. a lot more complex, a lot more vitamins in the ground. we take care of the plants like they're children. we nurture them we study them as they're growing and it's anazing the results. >> and a lot of work. >> a lot of work. >> briefly who would you have this fabulous dinner with? >> my wife. my wife. >> you should have her here. >> i don't see her enough during that holiday season. >> you can toast her. happy new year's to your wife to micoh. happy new year's and thanks so much. for david bouley and the dish head to our website cbsnews.com/cbsthismorning. >> don't go away. we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday."

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afghanistan. i want to say happy new year to my friends and family especially brad ludington. i love you and miss yo. go panthers. >> happy. we miss you, we'll see you soon. >> now here's jeff glor with a look at what's coming up on monday on "cbs this morning." good morning. on monday we're going to look at the stories and video we remember best from 2012. we'll show you our favorite moments from a momentous year. see you monday at 7:00 on "cbs this morning." and next week on "cbs this morning saturday" you'll meet a woman who was fired after working ten years in a dental office because the dentist complained that she was too sexy, and a jury agreed. >> what a story. >> i'm interested to meet her and speak with her. but i hope everyone has a wonderful new year ahead. >> happy new year. >> we're so thrilled. >> happy new year to you all. take care. we're going to stay and eat. >> cheers. ♪ the colors of the rainbow

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well, good morning from the weather center. i'm olga breeze. watching the radar. at the present hour we are seeing a mix of rain and snow, mainly along the beltway line and north of town particularly north and west we are seeing more of the light snow showers and snow flurries. overall this event is expected to last into the early portions of the afternoon before tapering off into all rain. as of right now, though, our forecast looks pretty good although we are seeing the opportunity for some more rain to be falling mainly around the southern and eastern portions. i think most of the snow showers will stay north and west of town. accumulations of 1 to 2 inches are a possibility for areas

like fredricksburg, cumberland in to oakland and portions of baltimore and philadelphia. overall it's been a fairly quiet morning. overcast skies, yes. a lot of dampness and a slushy wintry mix through the 11:00 hours. through the afternoon, we transition to all rain. temperatures will be on the cool side out of the upper 30s to a high of about 40 degrees. then by 3:00 this afternoon, we will see a little sunshine. partial clearing although it will still remain brisk and overnight overcast skies will take over once again. here are the conditions at reagan national airport. we have 37 degrees with a mix of rain and snow. again changing over to all rain by the 12:00 hour. overall, though, it's very cool start to the morning. temperatures dropping below the freezing mark through the panhandle of west virginia and maryland. that's where we are seeing minor snow accumulation. 34 in leesburg with a mix of rain and snow. d.c. national at 37. fairly warm in southern maryland for the middle to

upper 30s. in all it's feeling much closer to the freezing mark for most of us and temperatures are feeling like the 20s to the north. here is where we believe the major dividing line between rain and snow will be. mainly along the beltway. again, if you are north of the beltway, mainly along i-95 up to baltimore and in toward delaware and pennsylvania you will see more of a snow event. futurecast begins to taper things off after the 11:00 hour. we watch the moisture move quickly off to the north and then clearing out by about the 5:00 hour. we should be partly cloudy overnight tonight. here is how we will be looking overall for the remainder of the forecast. overall we will probably seeing a seven-day forecast that looks like this. it will be a little bit brisk and blustery today. tomorrow, much more breezy. cold for that redskins game if you are heading out to the stadium. we drop into the upper 20s sunday night. by